1. Daryl Turner 79 2. Lou Ford 76 3. Tom Mascioli 62 4. Bryan McCready 56 5. Mike Taylor 46 6. Tom Vinacci 38 7. Mark Benvenga 29 8. Eric Hansen 26 9. Corby Gilmore 25 10. Gary Balentine 24
TWO-POINT QUESTION: This active netminder holds the Buffalo Sabres
franchise records for most games played by a goaltender (424), most wins by a
goaltender (197), most shutouts (44) and lowest goals-against average (2.34).
Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: The Sabres' goaltender for the past eight seasons, and
winner of five of six Vezina Trophies in the mid-to-late 1990s,
Dominik Hasek still holds the reins to the
Buffalo net.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: Most people know who led the National Hockey
League in victories last season (hint: it was Martin Brodeur). On the other side of the
coin, which netminder led the NHL in losses for 1999-2000?
CORRECT ANSWER: Two goaltenders share this distinction, and if you named
both, you were awarded a bonus point. The Rangers' Mike Richter and Anaheim's
Guy Hebert each were saddled with 31 losses
as their teams stumbled out of the gate and never recovered.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: In their first-ever regular season game, the
International Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins went into Indianapolis and
took a 1-0 shutout from the hometown Ice. Name the goaltender who earned the
Griffins' first shutout (and first win).
CORRECT ANSWER: On October 5, 1996, Eldon "Pokey" Reddick was in net for
the Griffins, winning the first of thirty games that season. Michel Picard
scored the lone goal of the contest; if you can tell me the losing goalie
in this game, I'll award you one bonus point next week [I'm pretty sure that
I know who it is, but I haven't researched it yet].
BONUS QUESTION: This goaltender is the only player to have been on
championship teams in the National Hockey League, the International Hockey
League, the American Hockey League, and the Canadian Major Junior Hockey
League. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Wendell Young captured
titles with the OHL Kitchener Rangers (1981), the AHL Hershey Bears (1988), the
NHL Pittsburgh Penguins (1991, 1992), and the IHL Chicago Wolves (1998, 2000).
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender who allowed the first
(chronological) goal of the 2000-01 National Hockey League regular season.
CORRECT ANSWER: On October 4, 2000, at 12:40 of the first period,
Dallas defenseman Sergei Zubov connected, scoring the first goal of the season
past Colorado netminder Patrick Roy.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: This National Hockey League netminder finished off
a woefully inconsistent season in a very consistent fashion, losing his
final eleven decisions of the 1999-2000 season (over a span of nearly three
months). Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: After recording a 3-3 tie against the Florida Panthers
on January 21 of last season, Atlanta Thrasher
Norm Maracle lost eleven games in a span of
fifteen appearances, and is currently toiling in the International Hockey
League.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: With forty-three last year, New Jersey's
Martin Brodeur now has recorded 82
victories in consecutive seasons, tying his personal best. However, he does
not hold the N.H.L. record. Who does hold the record for wins in consecutive
years?
CORRECT ANSWER: Between 1973 and 1975, the Philadelphia Flyers'
Bernie Parent won a total of 91 regular-season
games, plus two Stanley Cups for good measure.
BONUS QUESTION: Until the "expansion era", National Hockey League teams
were very standard with their numbering system, and the goaltender usually
wore #1 (even to the point where, if a goaltender was injured and needed to
be replaced, the replacement would wear the same sweater). Name the goaltender
who was the first to wear #27.
CORRECT ANSWER: Upon moving to the California Golden Seals,
Gilles Meloche took the aforementioned
numerals, wearing them until the end of his career in the late 1980's.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Name the goaltender that was selected first overall
in the 1967 National Hockey League expansion draft.
CORRECT ANSWER: The Los Angeles Kings selected future Hall-of-Famer
Terry Sawchuk with their first pick, despite
the fact that Uke was 37 years old at the time.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: During the 1983-84 National Hockey League season,
a goaltender was ejected from a regular-season contest, despite the fact
that he was the backup netminder (and on the bench) at the time. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: (from the Washington Post account of the March 4, 1984
Bruins-Whalers game) "Boston's reserve goalie,
Pete Peeters, and Hartford's Chris
Kotsopoulos were the principals in a bench-emptying scuffle at the
second-period buzzer, resulting in Peeters' ejection from the game." For
the record, Pete received a misconduct *and* a game misconduct for the brawl;
if anyone knows any more about this incident, I'd love to hear the story.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Two goaltenders share the National Hockey League
record for most regular-season penalty shots faced (with twelve). Name both.
CORRECT ANSWER: Hall-of-Famer Glenn Hall,
who stopped eight, and former King Kelly
Hrudey, who stopped six. Hrudey also saw one penalty shot in the
postseason, in which he allowed Al MacInnis to score. I don't have a record
of how many [if any] postseason penalty shots Hall faced.
BONUS QUESTION: This Olympic hero made his National Hockey League debut
shortly thereafter, leading his team to a 4-1 victory. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Atlanta Flames' netminder Jim Craig broke into the big
leagues on April 1, 1980, defeating the Colorado Rockies for his first (and
only) National Hockey League win.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: On March 20, 1971, something goaltender-notable
happened in a National Hockey League game. What was it? (be specific)
CORRECT ANSWER: In a Buffalo-Montreal contest at the fabulous Forum,
Sabres coach Punch Imlach starts Dave Dryden,
in the hopes that Canadiens coach Al MacNiel will start his younger brother
Ken, who'd recently been called up from the
minor leagues. However, MacNiel goes with veteran
Rogie Vachon for whatever reason. In
response, Imlach pulls the elder Dryden and puts in Joe Daley. Soon
thereafter, Vachon gets injured and has to be removed, so who comes into the
game but young Ken Dryden. Of course, Imlach pulled Daley and put in Dave
Dryden, and this marked the first National Hockey League contest where brothers
manned opposite nets. After the Habs' 5-2 victory, Dave and Ken skated to
centre ice and shook hands to a standing ovation from the Forum crowd.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: When Eric Lindros was drafted first overall in
the 1989 Ontario Hockey League entry draft by the Soo Greyhounds, he held out
and said that he would never report (sound familiar?). The Greyhounds
eventually traded Lindros to the Oshawa Generals in exchange for four players,
a few draft picks, and cash. Name the only player in the deal (other than
Lindros) who eventually played in the National Hockey League.
CORRECT ANSWER: Mike Lenarduzzi played a total of four games for the
Hartford Whalers between 1992-93 and 1993-94; he spent last season with the
East Coast League's Baton Rouge Kingfish.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: On February 15, 1977, this netminder very nearly
became the first National Hockey League goaltender to be credited with scoring
a goal; in fact, it wasn't until after the game that the scorers reversed their
decision. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: In the second period of the Kings-Islanders contest, Los
Angeles netminder Rogie Vachon made a save and
seemed to clear the puck to centre ice. As the Islanders mounted for another
attack, one of the Kings committed an infraction for a delayed penalty. New
York goaltender Chico Resch was pulled, and
Bryan Trottier got the puck in deep for the Isles. Passing the puck to the
point, he found instead that no one was there, and the puck slid the length of
the ice for an empty-net Kings goal. After some confusion, the goal was
awarded to Vachon. A postgame videotape session showed that Los Agneles
forward Vic Venasky has cleared the puck after Vachon's initial save, and the
scorer's decision was altered.
BONUS QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was the only player selected in
both the 1967 NHL expansion draft and the 1979 NHL expansion draft.
CORRECT ANSWER: Doug Favell was
selected both by the 1967 Philadelphia Flyers and by the 1979 Edmonton Oilers,
although he never played for the latter organization.
TWO-POINT QUESTION: Obviously, Patrick
Roy is the active leader with 451 regular-season National Hockey
League victories. Name the goaltender who (as of today - October 30) is
*second* to Roy amongst active netminders.
CORRECT ANSWER: Calgary's Mike
Vernon, whose win total stands at 372 (as of October 30), is actually
losing ground to Roy at this point in the race for most wins.
THREE-POINT QUESTION: This goaltender, in 1993-94, set a National
Collegiate Athletic Association record consecutive scoreless streak of
375:01. After a brief career in the National Hockey League, he is now
retired. Name him.
CORRECT ANSWER: Lake Superior State's Blaine Lacher, whose six shutouts - all set
in that span - earned him a free-agent contract with the Boston Bruins.
Although he is still at a young age, he has retired from professional
hockey.
FIVE-POINT QUESTION: Name this internationally-heralded goaltender,
who
played only part of one season in the National Hockey League, yet was so
respected by the Soviet Union that they copied his style and movements to
train young Vladislav Tretiak.
CORRECT ANSWER: Seth Martin, who was a charter member of the
International Hockey Hall of Fame, backstopped Canada's Trail Smoke
Eaters to the 1960 World Championship, the last time a Canadian team won
the title until the mid 1990's. According to hockey researcher Ron
Boileau, "The Europeans think of Seth Martin as much as we think of
Vladislav Tretiak here in Canada."
(Thanks to _Hockey Over Time_ for the quote).
BONUS QUESTION: Name the goaltender who was the last player in the
National Hockey League to wear the number "00", and the specific reason
that he changed to another number.
CORRECT ANSWER: When Buffalo's Martin
Biron made his National Hockey League debut during the 1995-96 regular
season, he wore 00 for all three games. By the time he returned to the
league, the NHL had approved a rule (http://www.nhl.com/hockeyu/rulebook/rule13.html)
stating essentially that all numbers must be one or two digit,
non-fractional, and not 00. It's actually a neat rule, and you should
check it out. Thanks to Valerie Priester for coming up with this
question, and for find the appropriate link.